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A look back over Rodin’s rollercoaster career
The French sculptor attracted commissions and controversy in equal measure, and his reputation is constantly being reassessed
Can a long-lost Egyptian colossus save ancient Heliopolis?
A huge Egyptian statue has been unearthed in a Cairo suburb. Will the global attention it has received lead to further discoveries at the neglected site?
Past and present collide at the Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s new medieval and Renaissance galleries put its outstanding collections in the spotlight and invites fresh and unexpected connections
Discover the best drawings at Salon du Dessin 2017
The Parisian fair returns this month to celebrate one of the most instinctive and timeless of mediums
Is museum security robust enough to counter crime and terrorism?
Cultural sites have been targeted by criminals and terrorists in recent years. How are they responding to the changing contemporary threat?
Banksy’s new art hotel offers rooms with a view
Is the street artist’s hotel in Palestine a tourist-led gimmick or a strong political statement?
Sharjah Biennial 13 has its ups and downs
This year’s programme is ambitious and wide-ranging, extending far beyond Sharjah itself, but the best of the art focuses on issues close to home
The art of lying down
Penelope Curtis discusses this year’s TEFAF Curated display, ‘La Grande Horizontale’, which explores the theme of the recumbent figure in art
Blame games at the Met
As events at the Met show, it’s all too easy to forget that trustees are as responsible as directors for the museums they run
Something has gone very wrong at Christie’s
The auction house’s decision to close its South Kensington saleroom and scale back operations in Amsterdam smacks of corporate short-termism
Beyond the Surface: Howard Hodgkin, 1932–2017
The celebrated painter Howard Hodgkin has died in London aged 84
Are things looking up for women in the arts?
Women artists have long been underrepresented on the world stage. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate some notable recent attempts at change
‘Joy has to be part of the vocabulary of art’
Christopher Le Brun PRA discusses the musical and mythological inspirations behind his work as an exhibition of his new paintings opens across two US venues
Gustav Metzger (1926–2017)
Once described as the ‘conscience of the art world’, Metzger believed in the responsibility of artists to inspire revolutionary social change
‘On some level, I’m just looking for good problems to solve’
Theaster Gates is best known for the regeneration project he initiated in the South Side of Chicago. Such social engagement is crucial to his work
Ten highlights from the Armory Show
A run-down of the most talked-about pieces at this year’s Armory Show in New York
The London auction season kicks off with strong sales
Overseas buyers drove high prices at London’s Impressionist and modern sales
How American artists made watercolour great again
A new exhibition charts the transformation of watercolour painting in the USA, from an overlooked sideshow to a major cultural movement
Acquisitions of the month: February 2017
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a late medieval altarpiece panel, to 62 works of art by contemporary African American artists
How three foreign women transformed the British monarchy
An enlightening new exhibition explores the legacy of three Hanoverian princesses, who married into the British royal family and completely redefined its culture
Ten art events to get to in March
This month’s exhibition highlights include a major Rodin centenary exhibition and the National Gallery’s pairing of Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo
The rise of art business courses is a mixed blessing for the art trade
There are more art business courses than ever, but does the discipline need to define itself more clearly?
We can all learn from the Dutch art world
TEFAF Maastricht turns 30 this year, and Dutch museums are going from strength to strength. What’s behind their extraordinary success?
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